Mary Pickford movie quotes

“Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something.”
Mary Pickford

“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.”
Mary Pickford

“Failure is not the falling down but the staying down.”
Mary Pickford

“If you have made mistakes... there is always another chance for you... you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
Mary Pickford

“That obstinate, suspicious, egocentric, maddening and lovable genius of a problem child.”
Mary Pickford On Sir Charlie Chaplin

“I can't afford to work for only ten thousand dollars a week.”

Mary Pickford

“Well, I remember when I used to go into managers' offices to apply for jobs. I always was afraid I'd be either too short or too tall for the role I was applying for. So I used to scrooch down as little as I could, so that if they said I was too small I could suddenly grow up right there before their eyes.”

Mary Pickford

“From a personal standpoint I have found that having a husband who is an optimist brings great happiness. Douglas Fairbanks talks continually of happiness, health and success, never of their opposites. He apparently can see nothing else.”
Mary Pickford On Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

“It would have been more logical if silent movies had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way round.”
Mary Pickford

“Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it.”
Mary Pickford

“If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you.”
Mary Pickford

“Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.”
Mary Pickford

“What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise.”
Mary Pickford

“I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die.”
Mary Pickford